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EESC 2200The Solid Earth System
Plate tectonics - 215 Sep 08
Subduction Zones
Transform Faults
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ES 101-Lect 2
Core
Mantle
Crust
Compositional Layering (Chemical)
Review
The Nectarine!
6370
2885
6-70km
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ES 101-Lect 2
Compositional Layering
vs.Mechanical Layering How Strong or Weak?
Temperature weakens
Pressure strengthens
BOTH Increase into the Earth
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ES 101-Lect 2
°C
km
Geotherm
Iron melts
Temperature
Depth
Iron solid
Mantle
Cor
e Outer core
Inner core
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ES 101-Lect 2
Mechanical Layering
6370 km
5150
2900
Solid Inner Core
Liquid Outer Core(magnetic field)
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Turcotte & Schubert, 2002
hL = 90 km
Temperature (°C)0 1300600
Dept
h (k
m)
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
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ES 101-Lect 2
°C
km
Geotherm
Cold and Strong
Temperature
Depth
Mantle
Hot and Weak
CrustLithosphere
Astheno-sphere
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ES 101-Lect 2
Mechanical Layering
LithosphereThe "Plate"
0-250 kmdependingon age
Strong, rigid shell -- "floats"
Crust + some mantle
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ES 101-Lect 2
Mechanical Layering
Asthenosphere
The asthenosphere is mostly solid, but it flows atGeologicaltime scales (Ma)
SILLY PUTTY
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ES 101-Lect 2
Convection in Mantle/Asthenosphere
-- The driving force for movement at Earth's Surface
-> Plate Tectonics
Because Mantle is HOT! Density
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ES 101-Lect 2
Why is the Earth Hot?
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Why is the Earth’s Interior Hot?
Original heat (gravitational)
Radioactivity
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ES 101-Lect 2
Consequences of a Hot Earth
• Dense material sinks, light float
DIFFERENTIATION
• Some parts weak -- flow
CONVECTION
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ES 101-Lect 2
Plate Tectonics Large plates move over
the Earth surface
Rates: 5 - 120 mm/yr
Consequence of Convection....
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ES 101-Lect 2
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ES101-Lect 2B
1. DivergentSpread Apart
2. ConvergentCollide
3. TransformSlide by
At Boundaries, Plates...
Animations
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ES101-Lect 2B
• Divergent Middle of Atlantic
• ConvergentAleutians
• TranformSan Andreas Fault
At Boundaries, Plates...
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ES101-Lect 2B
• Divergent
Mid-Ocean Ridge
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ES101-Lect 2B
• Divergent
Mid-Ocean Ridge
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ES101-Lect 2B
• Divergent
Mid-Ocean Ridge
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ES101-Lect9
Depth
Temperature
All Solid
AllLiqPartial
Melting
1100 °C
Mantle Melting1300°C
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ES101-Lect9
Depth
All Solid
AllLiqPartial
Melting
1100 °C
Mantle Melting
RaiseTemp?
Temperature1300°C
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ES101-Lect9
Depth
All Solid
AllLiqPartial
Melting
Mantle Melting 1100 °C
Temperature1300°C
LowerPressure!!
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ES101-Lect9
Ridges: plate spreading
1300°C
mantle below?
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ES101-Lect9
Ridges:
1300°C
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ES101-Lect9
Ridges: Mantle undergoes decompression melting --->>> Basalts (dry)
basalt = mantle melt ("blood of the Earth")
1300°C
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ES101-Lect 2B
Continental Break-Up
Africa
SouthAmerica
140-110 MaLate Jur-Early Cret
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ES101-Lect 2B
Continental Break-Up
Africa
South America
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ES101-Lect 2B
Continental Break-Up
SouthAmerica
Africa
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Chapter 4: The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics Earth: Portrait of a Planet, 3rd edition, by Stephen Marshak
Ocean Crustal AgeOcean Crustal Age Oceanic crust spreads away from the ridge axis.Oceanic crust spreads away from the ridge axis.
New crust is closer to the ridge; older crust farther away.New crust is closer to the ridge; older crust farther away. Oldest oceanic crust is found at the far edge of the basin.Oldest oceanic crust is found at the far edge of the basin.
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5000 km0 Ma 200
Ma200Ma
Dep
th (m
)
2500
6000
Sqr Rt Age (M.y.)
Depth-AgeRelationship
If you know the age of a patch of seafloor, you can predict its depth toamazing accuracy!
1550
9 36 100
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Drilling SedimentaryInput to Subduction Zones
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Sediment &Oceanic Crust Cores
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ODP Leg 185
Drilling oldestcrust in Pacific
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Anatahan, Marianas2004
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ES101-Lect 2B
mid-ocean ridge
subduction zone
trench
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Chapter 4: The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics Earth: Portrait of a Planet, 3rd edition, by Stephen Marshak
Fate of Fate of SubductedSubducted Plates? Plates? Plate descent continues past the earthquake limit.Plate descent continues past the earthquake limit. The lower mantle may be a The lower mantle may be a ““plate graveyard.plate graveyard.””
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ES101-Lect 2B
• Convergent
Subduction
upper platedowngoing plate
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ES101-Lect 3
Upper plate like "bulldozer" scraping sediments
accretionarywedge
upper plate
Subduction Zones
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Chapter 4: The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics Earth: Portrait of a Planet, 3rd edition, by Stephen Marshak
Convergent BoundariesConvergent Boundaries Accretionary prisms Accretionary prisms –– Deformed sediment wedges. Deformed sediment wedges.
Sediments scraped off Sediments scraped off subductingsubducting plates are smeared plates are smearedand welded onto the overriding plates.and welded onto the overriding plates.
These contorted sediments can be pushed above sea.These contorted sediments can be pushed above sea.WashingtonWashington’’s Olympic Peninsula.s Olympic Peninsula.Taiwan.Taiwan.
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ES101-Lect 3
Earthquakes!
upper plate
Subduction Zones
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ES101-Lect 2B
Earthquakes!
upper platedowngoing plate
Subduction Zones
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JavaSumatra
Wadati-Benioff Zone
Syracuse & Abers (2006) G3
earthquakes
50 km100150
Earthquakes define Subducting plate surface
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Aftershocks of Sumatra Dec 2004
Fig. 2. Map showing aftershock locations for the first 13weeks after the 26 December 2004 earthquake from theNEIC (yellow dots, with radii proportional to seismicmagnitude). Moment-tensor solutions from the HarvardCMT catalog (21) are shown for the 26 December 2004and 28 March 2005 mainshocks (large solutions atbottom, with associated centroid locations) andaftershocks. Star indicates the epicenter for the 2004rupture obtained by the NEIC. Dashed line shows theboundary between the aftershock zones for the twoevents.
Lay et al, Science (2005)
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ES101-Lect 2B
Subduction Volcanism
100 km
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ES101-Lect 2B
Geoff's arc - 2
Most subduction zones are arcuate on maps
Volcanic Arcs
volcanoestrench
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ES101-Lect9
H2O -- Lowers Melting Point
T"Dry" Melt
1100˚C800˚C
you are here
All Solid
Depth
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ES101-Lect9
T
Wet melting
1100˚C800˚C
you are here
H2O -- Lowers Melting Point
Depth
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ES101-Lect9
Two Ways that the Mantle Melts:• Decompression• Water Added
How do we decompress and add water to the mantle??
• ridges • subduction zones • hot spots
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ES101-Lect9
Subduction Zones:
mantle flow?
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ES101-Lect9
Subduction Zones: At sea, top of plate reacts with water...
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ES101-Lect9
wet crust subductswarms, sweats out water...
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ES101-Lect9
water --> mantle wedge, --> basalt arc volcanism...
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ES101-Lect 2B
Aleutian ArcAnchorage
which way?
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ES101-Lect 2B
Aleutian ArcAnchorage
what happens when subduct a continent?
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ES101-Lect 2B
Oceanic plates subduct
Continental plates usually do not
Affects geologic record -- how?
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ES101-Lect 2B
• Subduction Zone requires an oceanic plate to subduct Aleutians
• Continent-Continent-Collision two continental plates
Himalayas
Convergent Boundaries
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Fracture zone
Transform Fault
Review:
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Chapter 4: The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics Earth: Portrait of a Planet, 3rd edition, by Stephen Marshak
Transform BoundariesTransform Boundaries Oceanic transforms Oceanic transforms –– Offsets along the MOR. Offsets along the MOR.
Older interpretation Older interpretation –– Faulting occurs after MOR forms. Faulting occurs after MOR forms.
Modern interpretation Modern interpretation –– Faulting occurs with the MOR. Faulting occurs with the MOR.
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Chapter 4: The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics Earth: Portrait of a Planet, 3rd edition, by Stephen Marshak
Transform BoundariesTransform Boundaries Continental transforms Continental transforms –– Chop continental crust. Chop continental crust.
Example: The San Andreas Fault.Example: The San Andreas Fault.
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ES101-Lect 2B
• Transform
• San Andreas Fault
• Big Earthquakes, No Volcanoes
• Offsets
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ES101-Lect 2B
• Transform
• San Andreas Fault
• Big Earthquakes, No Volcanoes
• Offsets
right lateral
slides-general
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1. Earthquakes occur on astatistically-predictable cycle
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SAF 35 mm/year
Pacific-N. American50 mm/year
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1906 EarthquakeMagnitude 7.8
6 meters of slip on afault 500 kmlong
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earthquake cycle
Fault at boundary between plates is “locked”Stress builds up on fault as plates moveStress exceeds strength of faultFault suddenly slips in an earthquakePlate boundary moves
Fault locks again
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Earthquake !
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Earthquake Repeat TimeMean time interval betweenlarge earthquakes on aparticular fault
For San Andread6 meters = 6000 mm
6000 mm / 35 mm/year= 170 years
170 years of plate motionwas released by thisearthquake
Basis for believing thatThe repeat time forSuch earthquakes isAbout 200 years.
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Scientific basisfor earthquake
riskassessments
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Aftershocks of Sumatra Dec 2004
Fig. 2. Map showing aftershock locations for the first 13weeks after the 26 December 2004 earthquake from theNEIC (yellow dots, with radii proportional to seismicmagnitude). Moment-tensor solutions from the HarvardCMT catalog (21) are shown for the 26 December 2004and 28 March 2005 mainshocks (large solutions atbottom, with associated centroid locations) andaftershocks. Star indicates the epicenter for the 2004rupture obtained by the NEIC. Dashed line shows theboundary between the aftershock zones for the twoevents.
Lay et al, Science (2005)